The Gospel of John in cultural and rhetorical perspective
By: Jerome H. Neyrey.
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9780802848666
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- John -- Socio-rhetorical criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The anatomy of the Fourth Gospel : major perspectives. Encomiumvs. vituperation : contrasting portraits of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel; title: Role and status in the Fourth Gospel : cutting through confusion; title: Spaces and places, whence and whither, homes and rooms : "territoriality" in the Fourth Gospel; title: Narrative episodes in focus. "Are you greater than our father Jacob?" : Jesus and Jacob in John 1:51 and 4:4-26; title: "He must increase, I must decrease" (John 3:30) : a cultural and social interpretation; title: What's wrong with this picture? John 4, cultural stereotypes of women, and public and private space; title: "Equal to God" (John 5:18) : Jesus and God's two powers in the Fourth Gospel; title: The trials (forensic) and tribulations (honor challenges) of Jesus : John 7 in social science perspective; title: Jesus the judge : forensic process in John 8:21-59; title: Secrecy, deception, and revelation : information control in the Fourth Gospel; title: The "noble" Shepherd in John 10 : cultural and rhetorical background; title: "I said : you are gods" : Psalm 82:6 and John 10; title: "In conclusion; title: " : John 12 as a rhetorical "peroratio"; title: The footwashing in John 13:6-11 : transformation ritual or ceremony?; title: Worship in the Fourth Gospel : a cultural interpretation of John 14-17; title: "Despising the shame of the cross" : honor and shame in the Johannine passion narrative; title: Jesus vis-à-vis God : agent or equal? "My Lord and my God" : the heavenly character of Jesus in John's Gospel; title: "I am the door" (John 10:7, 9) : Jesus the broker in the Fourth Gospel.